Colour guide for the colour blind

Need a pleasing colour palette for your home decor? Just look around you! From works of art to stylish scarves, gorgeous colour combinations are everywhere. Choose a colourful piece by an artist or designer, and the work is done for you. You can find trendy colour palettes on all kinds of things if you keep an eye out for them.

 

Let a plate be your palette
Dinnerware is a one-stop shop for pretty palettes. Plates come in all styles and colours, from casual to formal, so you can pick out a colour story for every room in the house. And you needn't buy a service for eight. Often you can get a single salad plate or teacup to use as your mood board.

Accessorise with colour
If you want to freshen up your kitchen, but you can't afford to change the counters and cabinets, you need to accessorise. Take your sample plate with you to pick out dishtowels, canisters and bowls. It may not seem like a big makeover to get bright new spatulas, but when you put them all together, colourful details make a splash!

Take a tip from textiles
Inspiration objects can show you how to marry colours in ways you might not have considered. Sure, tangy lime, orange and marigold go well with white (what doesn't?). But who would have thought that adding ecru, black and charcoal would make such a cool combo?

Make a modern mix
When it comes to colour in the dining room, go beyond tablecloths and placemats. Vivid accessories like charger plates, napkin rings and finger bowls spice up the table with colour. Feel free to mix the colours from your palette in unusual ways. A paprika charger plate next to a celadon runner is more exciting than going all one colour.

Elevate your mood
A colourful object can inspire your accents as well as your colours. This glassy vase introduces turquoise, blue, green and orange that is reflected in the colourful towels.

Launch your look
To coordinate your colours in a flash, add one accent that magically combines many of the colours in your scheme. A throw pillow embroidered in varied hues gives this room a unified look. When you see the colours entwined on the pillow, it makes sense to have a raspberry basket next to a turquoise table.

Issue yourself artistic license
To make a bold statement with colour, you're going to need a lot of confidence - or a great designer piece to define your colour scheme. Trust the artist to show you amazing combinations you may have never imagined before. Then you can drape a pale blue blanket across a red duvet with black shams and have no fear.